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Salviamo Patrick

We publish many stories. Beautiful and less beautiful. We feel the duty to publish this appeal too. Hoping to reach someone willing to help this guy. Currently, the only CONCRETE HOPE of SALVATION for Patrick is at Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center Clinic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where there are other possible immunotheraypy treatments

This is Patrick, my boyfriend, and what you see here is his extraordinary smile. A smile that has become just a distant memory, erased by the monster living inside of him.

Patrick is a positive person, always in a good mood; he’s the gentleman who opens the car door for you, the athlete who is always full of energy… or was, until January 2018 when he was diagnosed with a malignant tumour: colon mucinous adenocarcinoma with mutated KRAS, and liver metastasis.

This nightmare has put aside our dream of having a baby.

He underwent an emergency operation, in which they removed half of his colon, segments VI and VII of his liver and his gall bladder. Complications resulting from the operation left Patrick in a coma for 5 days. The physicians were careful to not give us false hope, but Patrick’s willpower and desire to live brought him back to us.

After more than 40 days in the hospital he recovered strength and then underwent 5 months of chemotherapy with Folfox, which unfortunately wasn't successful. He then switched to Folfiri, but unfortunately this chemotherapy was also unsuccessful.

The complications that resulted from the operation require Patrick to take anticoagulant drugs that prevent him from being eligible for other chemotherapy treatments.

At the moment in Italy there are no other standard treatments available and no existing experimental protocols that could possibly give him the chance to continue his life.

Due to the characteristics of his tumor, radiation therapy and immunotherapy are also not options.

This leaves us with one remote hope: a possible chemotherapeutic protocol that will begin soon at the National Tumour Institute of Milan, but to be elible for this treatment, Patick will need to have a positive outcome on the MGMT methylation analysis. We are currently waiting for his results and we will keep you updated.

Currently, the only CONCRETE HOPE of SALVATION for Patrick is at Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center Clinic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where there are other possible immunotheraypy treatments, including: the Inhibitory TRK (it stops the proliferation of tumor cells), the Hu5F9-G4 (it acts against the CD47 protein that inhibits the antitumor activity of the organism) the CDX-1140 (it enhances the action of lymphocytes, which are the cells that kill cancer cells).

But these treatments have stratospheric expenses that Patrick and I can't manage on our own.

Patrick is exhausted from his pain but wants to continue living, wants to see the birth and growth of his children, and he has enough strength to do it, but he can’t do it alone.

We have very little time and we need all of the help you are able to provide!

Please help us give him an effective cure, a chance of salvation, a FUTURE! Donate what you can and spread this message to everybody you can.

The money raised with your donations will be collected by me, Patrick's girlfriend, being the only person assisting him, since he is too tired to do it independently. All the money will be spent for his care.
I am confident you will help Patrick to get cured. If the goal will not be achieved, I will return each donation, unless the donor indicates to devolve the amount for cancer research.